I guess one working assumption is that teams came directly from Dubai. Dutch Samadhi, can we check if something got lost in the translation? Does the description mean they passed through Dubai some time back, or they came directly from there?

If we don't assume that Dubai was immediately before the Netherlands, here're the two possibilites on what happened:

Possibility B would be strange, simply because there's an extra day that no one really needs. Possibility A could accomodate an extra leg in the UAE, Israel OR Italy. But going by TAR 14's pattern of Phil doing back-to-back races only on extremely short legs, I'm leaning towards the leg being in the UAE. Phil would have little time to film his stand-ups otherwise.

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The implications of that statement are that teams landed in Amsterdam early enough to be able to race before arriving Groningen. Groningen is over 2 hours away from Schiphol Airport and the late afternoon arrivals of flights connecting from Dubai to Amsterdam in 7 different cities would not have allowed serious daylight racing on Wednesday July 29. My conclusion is that Dutch Samadhi's guidance effectively means teams would have to take a midnight to 2am flight from Dubai to reach AMS in the morning. Here are the choices:

I can't find any flights that would arrive early enough for the teams to make the 2 hour drive to Vierhuizen by 9 am.

Maybe they arrived the night before at Schiphol Airport and had to wait for the "garage to open" at 6 AM. That would explain why we see 5 cars there with an expected 6th car to arrive shortly. And a helicopter in the air. It would be a bunch point that sets up the teams for multi-team shots on the bikes.

So Ericka and Brian got lost on the way to the windmill? I hope they can dance well with wooden shoes!

I can't find any flights that would arrive early enough for the teams to make the 2 hour drive to Vierhuizen by 9 am.

Maybe they arrived the night before at Schiphol Airport and had to wait for the "garage to open" at 6 AM. That would explain why we see 5 cars there with an expected 6th car to arrive shortly. And a helicopter in the air. It would be a bunch point that sets up the teams for multi-team shots on the bikes.

So Ericka and Brian got lost on the way to the windmill? I hope they can dance well with wooden shoes!

Chateau,Arrival at 0505 at Schiphol doesn't do it? I would think that it does.

KL 428 from Dubai at 12:05 am July 30th directly to AMS landing at 5:20 am.

What did you have in mind for 5:05 am arrival, Shanghai?

But anyway, remember we have to accommodate the fact that SteffieSunrise reported the team was in Dubai, seeking flight information at about 7:50 am on the 29th . So why would they take so long to get to AMS?

If we take Dutch Amadhi seriously, then here is a plausible (although not necessarily correct) string of hypotheses:

1. We are talking for some teams but not all starting racing in Netherlands during the day of July 29, not 30.

2. Teams that reached a 12 hour pit stop in Dubai well before noon on July 28 are the only ones that have a shot at making the 0005 flight DXB AMS. they arrive nonstop at 0520 and start transportation and tasks in the Netherlands.

3. Other teams would have access to the morning flights from Dubai to Amsterdam. That would allow a sighting on July 29 at 0750 and still making a 0925 departure to Rome (EK097 0925 1345 connecting to AZ132 FCO AMS 1445 1725) or a 0955 departure to Vienna (EK127 0955 1345 connecting to KL1846 VIE AMS 1500 1705).

filming noted in Zoutkamp, the Netherlands, posted 12:28 am on Friday July 31st (my pc time), so it was posted 9:28 am localtime. The local station says it happened on Thursday. Shadows at the windmill say early morning 8 AM'ish

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7/30/09 11:00 PM

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7/31/09 6:00 AM

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7/31/09 6:00 AM

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7/31/09 10:00 AM

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possoble second leg could fit here or there could be an extended Pit Stop

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8/1/09 9:00 PM

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Teams seen on ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn August 2nd, ferry leaves at 5:45 pm and arrives at 10:00 am (only one voyage in the day). This is happening Right Now !!

Sounds like an extended Pit Stop to get them ready for Stockholm on 1 Aug, with Phil filming his stand-ups in Sweden on the 31st. After checking the teams in, Phil would have the 2nd to film Estonia, while the teams take the night ferry for a race day on the 3rd. I'm guessing just one leg for Stockholm?

See some sort of pattern?

Leg

Phil

Teams

Comments

Japan I

19 Jul

20 Jul

Japan II

21 Jul

21 Jul

Short leg, not confirmed

Ho Chi Minh City

22 Jul

23 Jul

Phnom Penh

24 Jul

25 Jul

UAE I

26 Jul

27 Jul

UAE II

28 Jul

28 Jul

Short leg, not confirmed

Groningen

29 Jul

30 Jul

Stockholm

31 Jul

1 Aug

Tallinn

2 Aug

3 Aug

Leg #10

4 Aug

5 Aug

Not yet happened

Leg #11

6 Aug

6/7 Aug

Finale leg, not yet happened

« Last Edit: August 02, 2009, 07:15:05 PM by Neobie »

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Mauritius not possible timeline-wise. From Dubai on the 27th, to Mauritius the same day, and back to Dubai to be seen by SteffiSunrise on the morning of the 29th?

Now a TBC in Stockholm... that's interesting. We'd be fitting another leg in there somewhere to make it work though. (Leg 8 on the 1st, Leg 9 Stockholm on the 2nd, Leg 10 Tallinn on the 3rd.) So the question is... are we going to have 11 or 12 legs?

Just space for one last leg before the trip back to the States. Eurasia race again?

« Last Edit: August 02, 2009, 09:37:24 PM by Neobie »

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filming noted in Zoutkamp, the Netherlands, posted 12:28 am on Friday July 31st (my pc time), so it was posted 9:28 am localtime. The local station says it happened on Thursday. Shadows at the windmill say early morning 8 AM'ish

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Extended Pit Stop

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8/1/09 6:00 AM

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8/1/09 6:00 AM

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8/1/09 9:00 AM

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At least one team spotted on August 1st taking KL 1107 TO = 6:55 am, arriving in Stockholm at 8:55 am

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NEL ? Either this PS or the last one. Five teams get oof the ferry in Tallinn

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voyage to Tallinn

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Teams seen on ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn August 2nd, ferry leaves at 5:45 pm and arrives at 10:00 am (only one voyage in the day).

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Teams seen getting off ferry and at first destination in Old Town Tallinn

At least one more city after Tallin or perhaps two. Where? Looking at the map it would be an ideal time to finally get to Prague or Bratislava (two cities on our someday must visit list.) Could also jump all the way to Africa: Algers, Morocco?

filming noted in Zoutkamp, the Netherlands, posted 12:28 am on Friday July 31st (my pc time), so it was posted 9:28 am localtime. The local station says it happened on Thursday. Shadows at the windmill say early morning 8 AM'ish

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Extended Pit Stop

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7

8/1/09 6:00 AM

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flight to Stockholm

3

8/1/09 9:00 AM

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At least one team spotted on August 1st taking KL 1107 TO = 6:55 am, arriving in Stockholm at 8:55 am

11/8/09

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8/1/09 9:00 PM

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14

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8/1/09 9:00 PM

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8/1/09 9:00 PM

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NEL ? Either this PS or the last one. Five teams get oof the ferry in Tallinn

11/8/09

14

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8/1/09 9:00 PM

pit stop

12

8/2/09 9:00 AM

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8/2/09 9:00 AM

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voyage to Tallinn

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8/3/09 9:00 AM

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Teams seen on ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn August 2nd, ferry leaves at 5:45 pm and arrives at 10:00 am (only one voyage in the day).

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Teams seen getting off ferry and at first destination in Old Town Tallinn

filming noted in Zoutkamp, the Netherlands, posted 12:28 am on Friday July 31st (my pc time), so it was posted 9:28 am localtime. The local station says it happened on Thursday. Shadows at the windmill say early morning 8 AM'ish

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7/30/09 11:00 AM

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7/30/09 11:00 AM

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7/31/09 11:00 PM

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6

Extended Pit Stop

11/8/09

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Neth

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7/31/09 11:00 PM

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8/1/09 6:00 AM

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8/1/09 6:00 AM

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3

8/1/09 9:00 AM

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At least one team spotted on August 1st taking KL 1107 TO = 6:55 am, arriving in Stockholm at 8:55 am

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timezone change

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8/1/09 9:00 AM

find clues and perform tasks

12

8/1/09 9:00 PM

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Sweden

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Sat

8/1/09 9:00 PM

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8/1/09 9:00 PM

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7

NEL ? Either this PS or the last one. Five teams get oof the ferry in Tallinn

11/8/09

14

Sweden

-2

5

Sat

8/1/09 9:00 PM

pit stop

12

8/2/09 9:00 AM

5

7

11/15/09

15

Sweden

-2

5

Sun

8/2/09 9:00 AM

transport to ferry, wait for departure

8.75

8/2/09 5:45 PM

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7

11/15/09

15

Sweden

-2

5

Sun

8/2/09 5:45 PM

voyage to Tallinn

15.25

8/3/09 9:00 AM

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Teams seen on ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn August 2nd, ferry leaves at 5:45 pm and arrives at 10:00 am (only one voyage in the day).

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Teams seen getting off ferry and at first destination in Old Town Tallinn